À bout de souffle by Jean-Luc Godard(
visu
)
141
editions published
between
1959
and
2014
in
3
languages
and held by
2,907
libraries
worldwide
The story of a couple of days in the lives of two erratic young lovers in Paris, their temporary home. He is a car thief and hoodlum, and she is an expatriate American newspaper street vendor

Pierrot le fou by Jean-Luc Godard(
visu
)
93
editions published
between
1965
and
2014
in
6
languages
and held by
1,103
libraries
worldwide
After attending a mindless party full of shallow chatter, Ferdinand (Jean-Paul Belmondo) feels his mundane world is closing in on him. Desperately wanting to escape, he finds himself in the arms of another woman. Unaware that Marianna's (Anna Karina) dark past still haunts her, they take off for the picturesque south of France. What proceeds is a roller coaster ride filled with passion, desperation and regret as these two lovers meet their final fate

Two women by Alberto Moravia(
visu
)
43
editions published
between
1960
and
2014
in
3
languages
and held by
957
libraries
worldwide
Seeking escape from city bombing, an Italian mother and daughter travel war-torn Italy during World War II trying to survive near-starvation, rape by wandering soldiers and other horrors of war

Is Paris burning? by René Clément(
visu
)
10
editions published
between
1966
and
2006
in
3
languages
and held by
510
libraries
worldwide
As the Nazis march through Europe in 1944, the freedom fighters of Paris mount a brave resistance. Hitler sends a top general to determine if the city can be held. If not, Paris will be burned

Le Doulos by Jean-Pierre Melville(
visu
)
41
editions published
between
1962
and
2011
in
5
languages
and held by
494
libraries
worldwide
Based on a French detective novel, this film pays homage to American gangster films of the 1930's and 40's. This intricate thriller concerns the fatalistic relationship of two men, Maurice, a thief just out of prison, and Silien, a mysterious informer embroiled in the complexities of the criminal underworld and the police. In the tradition of film noir, the film is characterized by double and triple crosses, beautiful women and a sinister vision of the world in which appearances are deceptive

Les misérables by Claude Lelouch(
visu
)
31
editions published
between
1995
and
2006
in
5
languages
and held by
426
libraries
worldwide
During the Nazi occupation of France, Henri Fortin is a true and simple man whose life parallels that of Jean Valjean, the hero of the novel, Les Misérables

Mississippi mermaid Sirène du Mississippi(
visu
)
16
editions published
between
1969
and
2010
in
3
languages
and held by
387
libraries
worldwide
The mail-order bride is a mystery. Her appearance doesn't match the photo she sent, her likes and dislikes aren't those described in her letters. By the time the lonely businessman husband discovers who she is, it is too late, and he will even kill to keep her

Une femme est une femme A woman is a woman by Jean-Luc Godard(
visu
)
9
editions published
between
1961
and
2008
in
French and English
and held by
370
libraries
worldwide
A nightclub stripper wants to have a baby and settle down with her lover. When he refuses, she turns to his best friend

Classe tous risques by Claude Sautet(
visu
)
16
editions published
between
1960
and
2008
in
4
languages
and held by
349
libraries
worldwide
Exiled from France for his exploits, underworld kingpin Abel Davos has been living for nearly a decade in Milan, even acquiring a family. In spite of the death sentence hanging over his head, Davos wants to return with them to France. His old mob cronies have gone bourgeois and affluent, reluctant to help, sending just one young thief, Eric Stark, to his aid. An exploration of the importance of loyalty and honor among thieves, this film shows exactly what it is stand-up guys stand up for. Stark is the only one of the Parisian gangsters who understands the code they have forgotten, and does his best to live by it

Une femme est une femme by Jean-Luc Godard(
visu
)
39
editions published
between
1960
and
2014
in
French
and held by
345
libraries
worldwide
When the beautiful Angéla wants to have a baby and her lover refuses to participate, she looks to recruit his best friend

Follies in concert by Stephen Sondheim(
Sound Recording
)
1
edition published
in
1985
in
English
and held by
235
libraries
worldwide

Léon Morin, prêtre by Jean-Pierre Melville(
visu
)
27
editions published
between
1961
and
2011
in
French and English
and held by
210
libraries
worldwide
DVD

Stavisky by Alain Resnais(
visu
)
28
editions published
between
1961
and
2010
in
5
languages
and held by
200
libraries
worldwide
An exquisite recounting of the climatic days in 1933 in the career of Stavisky, the con man turned international financier whose ruin resulted in political scandal and his own mysterious death

Léon Morin, priest(
visu
)
6
editions published
between
1961
and
2011
in
French
and held by
180
libraries
worldwide
Léon Morin is a devoted man of the cloth who is also the crush object of all the women of a small village in Nazi-occupied France. He finds himself most drawn to a sexually frustrated widow, a borderline heretic whose relationship with her confessor is a confrontation with both God and her own repressed desire. A triumph of mood, setting, and innuendo, Léon Morin, Priest is an irreverent pleasure from one of French cinema's towering virtuosos

Cartouche by Philippe de Broca(
visu
)
22
editions published
between
1961
and
2010
in
4
languages
and held by
134
libraries
worldwide
The exploits of Cartouche, an eighteenth-century swordsman, and his band who steal things from the rich and give them to the poor. Earning the sympathies of the people and the love of the beautiful bandit Venus, he must escape the traps set for him by the police

Moderato cantabile by Peter Brook(
visu
)
14
editions published
between
1959
and
2011
in
French and German
and held by
109
libraries
worldwide
A woman witnesses a murder of passion in a worker's bar. Disturbed, she returns to the bar & meets a man who builds up the background of the killing for her. Eventually rebuffed by the man, she returns to her dreary upper crust life

À double tour by Claude Chabrol(
visu
)
13
editions published
between
1959
and
2012
in
French and Multiple languages
and held by
106
libraries
worldwide
A vintner brazenly carries on an affair with his beautiful neighbor right under the nose of his bitter wife. His daughter has herself caught the eye of a Hungarian ne'er do well, while his voyeur son begins to take liberties with his father's mistress. As family passions ripen, the stage is set for tragedy

The brain Le cerveau(
visu
)
1
edition published
in
2012
in
French
and held by
76
libraries
worldwide
A special train has been assigned to channel secret NATO funds from Paris to Brussels. On the French side of the channel, Arthur, a resourceful small-time crook and his pal Anatole plan to hijack the train. On the English side of the channel, Brian, a brilliant super criminal, is waiting to do the same thing. But, standing in everyone's way is Scanapicco, a gangster who wants 'the Brain' dead for more than one reason

Le magnifique by Philippe de Broca(
visu
)
16
editions published
between
1973
and
2013
in
3
languages
and held by
66
libraries
worldwide
Belmondo plays both French espionage-writer Francois Merlin and his master spy Bob St. Clair, a character who spends much of his time in Acapulco. Bisset is Christine, a sociology student, whom Merlin transforms into Tatiano, glamorous spy assistant to St. Clair. When the real life Christine becomes enamored with St. Clair, Merlin faces some tough decisions to arrive at a happy "ending."